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3Point Foundation Honors Four at Annual Gala
Kaplan Recognized by ABC MA
Boston – The 3Point Foundation recently held its annual gala celebrating ten years of partnership with Boston Public Schools to provide high quality, impactful educational programming to underserved, economically disadvantaged youth in Boston’s neighborhoods.
The event, held at the Fairmont Copley Hotel in Boston, honored four individuals who have provided exemplary support to the 3Point Foundation and have made a profoundly positive impact on its mission: U.S. Labor Secretary and former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh; Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation CEO Peter Palandjian; Boston Police Superintendent Nora Baston, and Charlie Cofield of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters.
The 3Point Foundation is an organization working with the Boston Public Schools to close the opportunity and achievement gap caused by economic inequality for underserved, low-income Boston elementary and middle school youth. The nonprofit organization provides free community-based programs that integrate project-based learning, athletics, dance, and other activities.
The 3Point Foundation was founded 10 years ago by Neil Jacobs with the vision that all Boston’s youth should have an equal opportunity for achievement. The foundation is a community partner of the Boston Celtics’ Shamrock Foundation and provides programs in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Boston and Emmanuel College.
The foundation’s work is sponsored by
(l-r): Charlie Titus, Susan Levine, Peter Palandjian, Eliza Dushku, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Neil Jacobs and Tina Ramos private business individuals, foundations, the city, and the state. The organization serves approximately 500 students in its in-school, after-school, and summer programs.
The Kaplan Construction team Boston – Kaplan Construction announced its work on the Edgerley Family Horizons Center has earned an Excellence in Construction (EIC) award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Massachusetts.
Kaplan received the Eagle Award, which recognizes overall excellence in project execution, craftsmanship, safety, innovative elements and challenges, and client satisfaction. This is the fifth time Kaplan has earned the Eagle Award. Over 225 ABC members gathered at the Westin Waltham Hotel on Nov. 17 to celebrate the award winners.
“One of the biggest challenges we faced was the construction shutdown in Boston in March 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nathan Peck, president of Kaplan Construction. “We worked with the City of Boston to get the renovation approved as an essential construction project, citing the emergency nature of the families that are served by Horizons. Working closely with the organization, the City of Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we implemented a site-specific safety plan to comply with all COVID-19 related regulations throughout the project. We delivered this project safely, on time, and on budget and are honored to be recognized for our work with this EIC Eagle Award.” Horizons for Homeless Children,
Edgerley Family Horizons Center / Photo by Rosemary Fletcher a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of young children and their families, selected Kaplan for the construction of a new 55,000sf early childhood center and headquarters at 1785 Columbus Avenue in Roxbury. The new facility consolidated three existing centers into one, allowing Horizons to serve 30% more children in a space better suited to high-quality early childhood education and programming for families working to establish stability. The Edgerley Center enabled Horizons to create a social services hub and a sense of community for families experiencing homelessness. Serving 225 children experiencing homelessness ranging in age from two months to five years, the center began welcoming families in April of 2021. The project team members for the Edgerley Family Horizons Center also included Jonathan Lavash Project Management, LLC, owner’s representative; Watermark Development, Inc., developer; studioMLA Architects, architect; and AHA Engineers, MEP engineer.
DECCO Earns ‘Great Place to Work’ Certification
The DECCO team
Nashua, NH – DECCO, Inc. announced that the company has been certified by Great Place to Work for 2022. The award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at DECCO. This year, 95% of the company’s employee partners said it’s a great place to work, compared to 57% in a typical U.S.-based company.
DECCO’s employee partners also scored the company exceptionally high in the following categories: • I’m proud to tell others I work here (97%). • I believe management would lay people off only as a last resort (96%). • I would strongly endorse my company to friends and family as a great place to work (95%). • Management is honest and ethical in its business practices (94%). • I want to work here for a long time (94%).
“Great Place to Work certification isn’t something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. “It’s the only official recognition determined by employees’ real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that DECCO, Inc. is one of the best companies to work for in the country.”
“Of all of our awards and accomplishments that DECCO has achieved, this one means the most to me on a very personal level,” said CEO and owner, Kyle Reagan. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your feedback and for doing your part to help us earn such an amazing honor. We owe our continued success to our team of dedicated employee-partners for what we have done, are doing, and will continue to do.”
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